To: pinzgauer@yahoogroups.com From: "Howie Oakes" Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:56:28 -0000 Subject: [pinzgauer] Re: Keys falling out Reply-To: pinzgauer@yahoogroups.com Murray- If your truck shuts off when you remove the battery switch, I believe you have a bad alternator protection relay...I would not do this test too much...It is my understanding that just severing the battery connection with the truck running is a really bad thing to do... That's why many marine battery switches have an alternator field disconnect that de-energizes the alternator before severing the battery. I am sure some of the more electrically inclined on the list can explain why this is necessary... -howie